What is impact of after stolen website design

[saifi123]

Hi Guys,

Some one cheaters has stolen my entire website design then please let me know that what will be impact in my website after stolen website design, Will my website keyword ranking drop down?

[chandanthaver]

No are per the Google protocols your website rank cannot be go down but who stolen your design must be suffer from Google penalty.

[Yuga]

If you copy elements from another website, not only do you risk infringing their trade mark, but you also run the risk of infringing their copyright. Copying and republishing parts of a website without the permission of the copyright owner will generally constitute copyright infringement.